The Community’s Advisory Committee (AC) will be made up of experts and specialists from the CoP as a whole. The committee would be democratically elected by members annually. The committee members will have the opportunity to nominate new committee members to the task when required. The requirement for the AC will be enshrined in the Mission Statement/Constitution of the CoP.
The aim of the committee will be to ensure a feeling of ownership of the community by stakeholders, allow the community to benefit from the expertise and energy of its members, and encourage a more efficient organisation with successful results and a continued attraction for new members.
In the Set-up stage of the CoP the role of the AC will be effectively assumed by BSI and the representatives of organisations who have been actively involved in BSI’s Ethical Fashion Project and have helped to shape the CoP. BSI will endeavour to ensure fair and balanced representation of all key stakeholder groups and organisations on this transitional committee. The members of the transitional committee will be nominated for election as members of the CoP’s first official AC.
